diff --git a/src/import/import-common.c b/src/import/import-common.c
index 0b63828869..eb828d6b14 100644
--- a/src/import/import-common.c
+++ b/src/import/import-common.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include "sd-event.h"
 
+#include "acl-util.h"
 #include "capability-util.h"
 #include "compress.h"
 #include "dirent-util.h"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ int import_fork_tar_x(int tree_fd, int userns_fd, PidRef *ret_pid) {
         assert(tree_fd >= 0);
         assert(ret_pid);
 
+        (void) dlopen_libacl(LOG_DEBUG);
         r = dlopen_libarchive(LOG_DEBUG);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ int import_fork_tar_c(int tree_fd, int userns_fd, PidRef *ret_pid) {
         assert(tree_fd >= 0);
         assert(ret_pid);
 
+        (void) dlopen_libacl(LOG_DEBUG);
         r = dlopen_libarchive(LOG_DEBUG);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
diff --git a/src/import/meson.build b/src/import/meson.build
index 1bfdba1e55..a1ac50594f 100644
--- a/src/import/meson.build
+++ b/src/import/meson.build
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ executables += [
                         'qcow2-util.c',
                 ),
                 'dependencies' : [
+                        libacl_cflags,
                         libarchive_cflags,
                         libselinux_cflags,
                 ],
diff --git a/src/import/test-tar.c b/src/import/test-tar.c
index 6fca4b89cb..c73062e9ed 100644
--- a/src/import/test-tar.c
+++ b/src/import/test-tar.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static int run(int argc, char **argv) {
         else
                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Unknown operation '%s'.", argv[1]);
 
-        r = dlopen_libarchive(LOG_DEBUG);
+        r = dlopen_libarchive(LOG_ERR);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
diff --git a/src/shared/tar-util.c b/src/shared/tar-util.c
index c60054b2d1..f3b63fe98f 100644
--- a/src/shared/tar-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/tar-util.c
@@ -79,12 +79,14 @@ static void open_inode_done(OpenInode *of) {
                 of->fd = safe_close(of->fd);
                 of->path = mfree(of->path);
         }
+
         xattr_free_array(of->xattr, of->n_xattr);
+        of->xattr = NULL;
+        of->n_xattr = 0;
+
 #if HAVE_ACL
-        if (of->acl_access)
-                sym_acl_free(of->acl_access);
-        if (of->acl_default)
-                sym_acl_free(of->acl_default);
+        acl_freep(&of->acl_access);
+        acl_freep(&of->acl_default);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -747,6 +749,10 @@ int tar_x(int input_fd, int tree_fd, TarFlags flags) {
         assert(input_fd >= 0);
         assert(tree_fd >= 0);
 
+        r = dlopen_libarchive(LOG_DEBUG);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
         _cleanup_(archive_read_freep) struct archive *a = NULL;
         a = sym_archive_read_new();
         if (!a)
@@ -845,11 +851,10 @@ int tar_x(int input_fd, int tree_fd, TarFlags flags) {
 
                 /* Finalize all inodes we won't need anymore now (go backwards, i.e. close inner fds first) */
                 while (n_open_inodes > i) {
-                        r = open_inode_finalize(open_inodes + n_open_inodes - 1);
+                        n_open_inodes--;
+                        r = open_inode_finalize(open_inodes + n_open_inodes);
                         if (r < 0)
                                 return r;
-
-                        n_open_inodes--;
                 }
 
                 /* And now create all remaining components */
@@ -1604,6 +1609,10 @@ int tar_c(int tree_fd, int output_fd, const char *filename, int hardlink_db_fd,
         assert(tree_fd >= 0);
         assert(output_fd >= 0);
 
+        r = dlopen_libarchive(LOG_DEBUG);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
         _cleanup_(archive_write_freep) struct archive *a = sym_archive_write_new();
         if (!a)
                 return log_oom();